John Walton

Education

• Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Research Focus

Historical and Comparative Sociology, Social Change and Revolution, Political Economy of Development, Urban Sociology, Cultural Sociology

Publications

The Legendary Detective: The Private Eye in Fact and Fiction

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The book The Legendary Detective: The Private Eye in Fact and Fiction, John Walton is published by University of Chicago Press.

• 2003 Storied Land: Community and Memory in Monterey, University of California Press.
• 1994 Free Markets and Food Riots: The Politics of Global Adjustment, Oxford, U.K., Blackwell Publishers.
• 1992 Western Times and Water Wars: State, Culture and Rebellion in California, University of California Press.
• 1984 Reluctant Rebels: Comparative Studies of Revolution and Underdevelopment, New York, Columbia University Press.

Awards

• Leverhulme Trust Fellowship UK, 2001
• Woodrow Wilson International Center Visiting Scholar, 1993
• Robert E. Park Award (American Sociological Association, 1993)
• J. S. Holiday Award (California Historical Society, 1993)